I've been using Jeskola Buzz for years now, and unfortunately it's starting to die off...I guess you could say it was "underground" and now it's being forgotten. It's a great music program that does everything. All of the music I make with it requires no sampling, every note is written and sequenced. You could fit 20 Buzz songs with no samples on a 1.44" floppy disk. Anyway, I've made a ton of music with it, but instead of using this Myspace to promote it, I'd rather promote the program and try and get people into it. Go check out Buzz Machines And you can download everything and get tutorials. The music on this page are all songs I made from scratch with Buzz. Below is some information from the website...
Its Modular. The true power of Buzz.
Buzz is the first ever "easy to use" free modular
software based synthesizer. What this means is that the entire system is
based on objects, which may be routed in a modular fashion, giving you the
freedom to be as creative as you want. For example, if you wish to run 3
Physical Modelling synths and a Drum Machine through 2 seperate Stereo
Delays, into a Mixer, through a Compressor and Parameteric EQ, and finally
out to your speakers - no problem. Lay down your synths, connect the wires
and you're done. Check out the screenshots below for examples!
Its Expandable. Buzz introduces the concept of
a Machine.
A Machine is an object in Buzz which either creates or
modifies sound. A Machine is the equivalent of a single piece of gear in a
traditional music studio. It may be a synthesizer, a sampler, a dsp effect,
a mixing board, or any other piece of gear that exists in a studio. Every
piece has the same parameters and functions you would expect to find in the
studio you know and love. Whats better is that all existing machines are
free. Because creating your own machines is quite simple (someone with
little knowledge of C++ should find his way in the SDK), you'll also find
machines in Buzz which aren't really common in studio's. This makes Buzz a
very innovative software studio.
Its in Real-Time. Buzz moves with you.
Every aspect of Buzz is built to be controlled in
real-time. This means that as you tweak the resonance on a virtual analog
synth, you hear it's classic sqeualching response immidietly. The same goes
for all DSP effects, drum machines, synths, samples, etc.
It's Built for Speed.
Unlike other audio packages which require a
super-computer to power a single synth, Buzz has been programmed for speed.
It is not at all uncommon to employ 10 completely seperate polyphonic
synthesizers, 5 samplers, 2 drum machines, 3 mixers, and 10 DSP effects all
simultaniously. Thats on a decent machine. A fast machine could easily
triple that. The more complex machines you are using the more CPU power Buzz
requires.
Its Portable. A studio in a briefcase.
Imagine having a studio with over 300 pieces of gear.
Now imagine fitting it on a laptop and taking it anywhere with you. It
sounds like a dream to any Musician, but its completely possible with Buzz.
An install size of 8 megs (Stealth Pack, doesn't include all the machines),
with a memory requirement of 32 megs. Buzz fits easily onto most decent
laptops.
Its Free. Is there anything else to say?
Thats right. $0.00 US! That translates to roughly 0
British Pounds, which translates to 0 Finnish Marks which translates to 0
Euros which translates to 0 Japanese Yen which translates to 0 German Marks
which translates to 0 Swedish Kronda which translates to 0 Swiss Francs
which translates to 0 Russian Roubles. You can always
donate money to Oskari to
encourage further development.
Its a Secret Weapon. Its cooler then a lot of
other programs out there.
Don't be mistaken. Buzz is not a Soft-Synth. Buzz is
not a Tracker. Buzz is not a Sequencer. Buzz is all of these things and
more. It is the worlds first true soft-studio. Strike that, free
soft-studio.
